Section 22, Article V. Governor to veto items of bills of appropriation. Section 14, Lieut.-Governor to be elected. Power and duties of. Vacancy in the office of Gov ernor and Lieut. Governor. Section 15, Article V. abrogated. Section 16, amended. Governor may ARTICLE XII. Section twenty-two of Article five of the Constitution shall read as follows: SECTION 22. The Governor shall have power to disapprove of any item or items of any bills making appropriations of money embracing distinct items, and the part or parts of the bill approved shall be the law, and the item or items of appropriation disapproved shall be void, unless re-passed according to the rules and limitations prescribed for the passage of other bills over the Executive veto. ARTICLE XIII. Section fourteen of Article five of the Constitution is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 14. A Lieutenant-Governor shall be elected at the same time and places and in the same manner as the Governor, whose term of office and eligibility shall also be the same. He shall be the President of the Senate, but shall only have a casting vote therein. In the case of the impeachment of the Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge his official duties, or resignation, the power and duties of the office shall devolve upon the Lieutenant-Governor for the residue of the term, or until the disability shall cease. In case of the impeachment of the Lieutenant-Governor, or his removal from office, death, inability to discharge his official duties, or resignation, the power and duties of the office shall devolve upon the President pro tem. of the Senate. In case a vacancy shall occur both in the offices of Governor and Lieutenant-Governor, the Legislature shall, at its next session, order an election to fill such vacancies. But the Governor shall not, without the consent of the Legislature, be out of the State in time of war. Section fifteen of Article five of the Constitution is hereby abrogated. ARTICLE XIV. Section sixteen of Article five of the Constitution is hereby amended so as to read as follows: SECTION 16. The Governor may at any time require the opinrequire opinion ion of the Justices of the Supreme Court as to the interpretaof Justices of tion of any portion of this Constitution upon any question affecting his Executive powers and duties, and the Justices shall render such opinion in writing; therefore, Supreme Court. Amendments to be submitted The People of the State of Florida, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows: SECTION 1. The said amendments aforesaid are hereby submitted to the people of the State to the people. of Florida for their approval and ratification, at a special election, to be held on Tuesday, the fourth day of the month of May, A. D. 1875; and it shall be the duty of the Governor, within ten days after the passage of this resolution, to issue his proclamation of such election, setting forth said amendments and the submission thereof. SEC. 2. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article Ballots-how sixth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on taken on differtheir ballots the words, "For the sixth amendment; " those ent articles. electors voting not to approve and ratify said sixth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the sixth amendment." SEC. 3. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article seventh of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the seventh amendment; " those electors voting not to approve and ratify said seventh amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the seventh amendment." [At the Session of the Legislature of 1874 there were amendments proposed to the Constitution from 1 to 14, inclusive, and they received a two-thirds vote. They were proposed again at the Session of 1875, when the amendments from 1 to 5 were rejected: to 14, inclusive, only received the necessary two-thirds vote, and they are appended hereto and also incorporated into the compiled Constitution.-COMPILER.] SEC. 4. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article eighth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the eighth amendment; "those electors voting not to approve and ratify said eighth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the eighth amendment." SEC. 5. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article ninth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the ninth amendment; " those electors voting not to approve and ratify said ninth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the ninth amendment." SEC. 6. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article tenth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the tenth amendment; " those electors voting not to approve and ratify said tenth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the tenth amendment." SEC. 7. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article eleventh of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the eleventh amendment; " those electors voting not to approve and ratify said eleventh amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the eleventh amendment." SEC. 8. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article twelfth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, " For the twelfth amendment; "those electors voting not to approve and ratify said twelfth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the twelfth amendment." SEC. 9. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article thirteenth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the thirteenth amendment; " those Governor to issue his proclamation. electors voting not to approve and ratify said thirteenth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words," Against the thirteenth amendment." SEC. 10. Those electors voting to approve and ratify Article fourteenth of said amendments, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "For the fourteenth amendment; those electors voting not to approve and ratify said fourteenth amendment, shall have written or printed on their ballots the words, "Against the fourteenth amendment." SEC. 11. In other respects said election shall be held and conducted in like manner as an election for State officers, and the votes cast for and against the approval and ratification of each of said amendments, in the manner aforesaid, shall be canvassed and returned in all respects as the votes for State officers are canvassed and returned, except that the result shall be certified in duplicate by the Board of State Canvassers, one certificate being deposited in the office of the Governor, and the other in the office of the Secretary of State. SEC. 12. In case either of said amendments shall be approved and ratified by a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the Legislature voting thereon, the Governor shall forthwith issue his proclamation setting forth such approval and ratification, and declaring such amendment so approved and ratified to be a part of the Constitution of the State of Florida, which proclamation shall be transmitted and published the same as proclamations of election. Approved March 4, 1875. PROCLAMATION. To all to Whom these Presents shall come, Greeting: WHEREAS, The Legislature of 1875, at its regular session, did by act approved March 4th, 1875, (Chapter 2041,) provide for the submission and ratification or rejection of certain amendments to the Constitution of the State of Florida, therein set forth, by the people of the State of Florida, at an election to be held on the 4th day of May, of said year, 1875; and whereas, said amendments were duly set forth at length in the proclamation of the Governor, dated March 8th, 1875, directing that said election be held; and whereas, said election was duly held, and the result thereof duly canvassed by the Board of State Canvassers and certified to the Executive office as provided in said act; and whereas, it appears from such certificate that each and every of said amendments were duly ratified and approved by the people of the State of Florida; Now, therefore, I, Marcellus L. Stearns, Governor of the State, in accordance with the requirements of said act, do hereby by this proclamation declare that each and every of said amendments were duly approved and ratified by the peo ple of the State of Florida, and that the same are each and every of them a part of the Constitution of the State of Florida. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State to be affixed, at Tallahassee, the Capital, this the 8th day of June, A. D. 1875. M. L. STEARNS, Governor. S. B. McLIN, Secretary of State. |